... Hi- I was looking over the list of meds and wonder what you have decided to do. Also to say that actually some of these might be very worthwhile to at least give a 3 week trial to as they may have benefits. Just my opinion, but I think it would be worthwhile to try to caesin free diet, the calcium, the buffered vit C, the Nystatin, the Cod liver oil (if you have a brand that... (6 replies)

... I recently met a DAN pediatrician for my 2.5 year old with speech delay and lots of visualstimming. Dr. recommends the below and I persoanlly think this is a lot and may have side effects. Please share your opinions. ... (6 replies)

... I would use distraction , to reduce his visual stemming. Get him interested in a different activity. Call out his name, until you can get him to look at you. Then give him a toy to play with. ... (9 replies)

... He is making such great progress in other areas, but his visual problems are very distracting and hinder him from learning at times. He has had a comprehensive eye exam and there is nothing physically wrong with his eyes. ... (10 replies)

... Have any of you noticed you kids complaining of blurred vision or rubbing their eyes. My son is 14, used to do alot of visualstimming when he was alot younger. Outgrew that, but a couple times a week or so he will complain of one eye being blurry. ... (5 replies)

... My son had a thing where he would run up and down the hall only to see his shadow out of the corner of his eye. We thought it was some kind of visualstimming. That was when he was younger. He is ASD and 6yrs also. About a year ago he became obsessive about drawing. ... (8 replies)

... It is not true at all that Asperger's individuals have good fine motor skills. In fact, clumsiness and poor motor skills are a hallmark of AS, so much so that Hans Asperger himself often commented on it. Stimming, like rocking and hand flapping, is indeed more common in Asperger's and other Autism Spectrum Disorders. The tricky thing about distinguishing between NLD and... (1 replies)